Off-bearing pole for leather sides



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4OPE--B BARINGr POLE FOR LEATHER SIDES.

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OFF-BEARING' POLE FORLEATHER SIDES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,872, dated March 15, 1892. Application iiletl'Octo-ber 2, 1.891. Serial No. 407,525- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENEARD ScHNnPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Off-Bearing Poles for Leather Sides; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for carrying and hanging sides of leather; and it consists of a carrying-pole which is especially adapted to be used in connection with the leather-hanging frames for which a patent, N o. 457,014, was allowed me on the 14th of January,l 1891, but which may be used independent of that device.

Sides of leather after being set by the iinishers are hung up to dry. They are generally carried by means of hooks having handrings attached, and in such cases it is necessary to cut three holes near the upper edge of each side, one at each end for hanging the side and one in the middle for carrying it. lIt is then carried by inserting one ringed hook the middle. In this case the hide will fold over, and this folding makes a crease which is difcult to smooth out. The hides are then hung by strings attached to the hanging posts or frames, which are passed through the end holes and tightened.I Sometimes a hanging-pole is nailed along the straight edge of the side, which is stretched along the pole, and the pole is then placed on suitable supports with the side attached. A pole provided with mortised blocks having hooks attached has also been used and the pole placed on a frame with the hide attached. These plans are all objectionable and expensive. Cutting three holes in the side wastes leather `and using nails injures the leather and the poles and wastes both leather and nails, andthe necessity for using one polo with each side is expensive.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved pole which dispenses with the middle hole in the leather side and with the use of nails and which can be used with many sides of leather. I accomplish this by the means hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my carrying-pole. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the slotted end of my pole broken away, so as to show the ratchet-bar.

A represents the pole, which is made larger in the middle and tapering toward each end.

A represents a notch in one end of the pole to receive the ring of a carryingl1ook, the lower prong of said notch being longer than the upper.

B is a metal bar ratcheted on its upper edge, which is fitted in a longitudinal slot in the other end of the pole and of a length corresponding to the usual differences in the sizes of'hides. This bar is held in the slot by two bolts a a, passing through it and through the pole from side to side. The bolt next the inner end of the slot acts as a pivot and the other Works in a transverse slot b in the bar, which allows the ratchet-bar to sinh down into the slot till the points of its teeth are nearly flush with the pole.

C is a steel spring having one end bolted to the solid part of the lower side of the pole and the other end bearing on the back of the ratchet-bar, pressing it up against any weight that may be placed on it.

o is a toothless prolongation of the ratchetbar extending beyond the slotted end of the pole.

In carrying a side of leather with this pole the ring of the hook in one end ofthe side is put over the notch A. The ring of the hook in the other end of the side is passed over the end having the ratchet-teeth in it and is lodged in the tooth that suits the size of the hide. In delivering the hide at the hanging` frame it is-convenient to lower the ratchet-teeth till they are flush with the pole, in order that the the ratchet-bnr B, having the prolongation 1) ring may oon-1 e off more easily, which may be sind the transverse slot b, and the spring C, conveniently done by pressing the projection snbstnntiallyns described, and for the purpose l1 against the hanging-frame or some firm specified. 5 obj eet. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in I 5 Having tlins described my invention, what presence of two Witnesses. I claim as new is- BENEARD SCIINEPP.

In an off-bearing pole for leather sides, the Witnesses:

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